Crowdsourced Agenda for Free Expression

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OUR POLICY AGENDA

OUR POLICY AGENDA

The following are the concrete policy proposals of the “Our Digital Future” project.12 The full report gives more plain-language explanations of how these policies would work, and the impact they (or their absence) could have on everyday Internet use. We also encourage readers to consult the glossary at the back of this report for further demystification of terms used here.

1. No forced disconnections from the Internet for copyright violations; no three-strikes rules that could harm culture and knowledge creators, and everyday Internet users.

2. Protection for safe harbours, like those in Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act, that allow creators to access new audiences / no intermediary liability for infringing content disseminated by third parties.

3. Notice-and-notice systems for preventing infringement, like that created by Canada’s Bill C-11, as opposed to notice-and-takedown systems.

4. Promotion and protection of Creative Commons – in takedown systems, no takedowns without adequate consideration of users’ rights and due process, and penalties for false infringement claims.

5. Clear process for creators to dedicate their works to the public domain.